Department profile

Volunteer

Tallulah Fire Department

Tallulah, LA · Madison County. Tallulah Fire Department is a Volunteer department, 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to the HIFLD fire-station federal registry (as of 2026-09), full equipment, coverage, and staffing data are below.

27
Total personnel
2
Stations
Not reported
Fire trucks
No
EMS service

The verdict

Tallulah Fire Department pairs modest national personnel with a headcount in line with the Louisiana average.

45th pct.
national personnel size
+4%
vs. Louisiana average
2
stations

National percentile ranks this department's personnel headcount against every listable U.S. department with reported staffing; the state comparison uses the same personnel figure against its own state's average. Both feed the verdict sentence and the chips above.

F
PlainFireData Composite Score
16/100
Tallulah Fire Department

A staffing, equipment, EMS-integration, and federal-grant-funding composite benchmarked against every other USFA-registered department nationally, not a safety rating, response-time measure, or comparison of fire risk. Dimensions with no data on file are excluded and their weight redistributed, never counted as zero.

Staffing capacity F
13.5 personnel per station (national median 23.5)
Equipment readiness
No vehicle count on file for this department
EMS integration
Not an EMS-capable department (USFA registry)
Federal investment
No FEMA AFG grant award on file for this department
27 personnel · 2 stations

Tallulah Fire Department is a Volunteer department serving Tallulah, LA (Madison County), with 2 stations and 27 total personnel. According to HIFLD fire-station registry fields; among listable U.S. departments with reported personnel it ranks #12,318 of 22,440.

  • National personnel rank #12,318 of 22,440
  • LA personnel rank #162 of 342
  • 7.41 stations per 100 personnel
  • 3 other listed departments in Madison County

Tallulah Fire Department vs. the national personnel distribution

Where this department's HIFLD-reported staffing sits among every listable U.S. fire department

27 Top 55% higher than 45% of 22,440 departments

Listable U.S. fire departments, banded by total personnel

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Source HIFLD fire-station registry · 2026-09-06

Dispatch plate

Sheet 33001 · Tallulah Fire Department, LA 27 personnel · 2 stations

PERS-SMALL · STA-FEW · TYPE-VOL · EMS-N · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · FEMA-NONE · BOOK-FULL

  • PERS-SMALL 27
  • STA-FEW 2 stations
  • TYPE-VOL Volunteer
  • EMS-N No EMS flag
  • RANK-MID #12,318
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Batesville Fire
  • FEMA-NONE No AFG/SAFER
  • BOOK-FULL 4/5 fields

Nearest personnel peer: Batesville Fire, AR (+ 0 personnel)

Volunteer HIFLD roster counts, station rows, EMS flag, listable personnel rank, photo-finish peer, and FEMA AFG/SAFER book for this FDID, not a readiness rating.

Personnel neighbourhood

Nationwide HIFLD headcount poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every LA department.

Department Profile

Type
MOSTLY VOLUNTEER
Location
Tallulah, LA
FDID
33001

Staffing vs the Louisiana average

How Tallulah Fire Department's personnel count compares to the typical department in Louisiana. In-state it ranks #162 of 342 by personnel among listable departments with reported staffing. Nationally it ranks #12,318 of 22,440 on the same basis as the largest-departments ranking.

▲ 4% above the state average
Stations
2
State fire deaths/yr
96
LA departments
786

County roster weight

Tallulah Fire Department carries 49.1% of Madison County HIFLD personnel

Among 5 listed departments (55 personnel), this FDID is the plurality weight, while volunteer departments are 20% of the county count. County / state rollup.

7.41 stations per 100 HIFLD personnel (2 stations / 27 roster).

Photo-finish peer: Batesville Fire, AR (+0 personnel).

No FEMA AFG/SAFER awards on this FDID in USAspending (empty federal book).

Nationwide volunteer peers near 27 personnel

Photo-finish and same-type HIFLD neighbours for this FDID, not a reprint of every LA department.